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2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ANTH 335 - Culture and Mental Illness


A comparison of the definition and treatment of “madness” across cultures. Emphasis on distinct social institutions associated with treatment and the legitimating features of the institutions, Also covers various theoretical perspectives on mental illness. In depth examination of the medicalization of deviance and its different applications with regard to class, gender and race. Cross-listed with SOCL 335.5

Academic Level: Undergraduate
Instructional Method: Lecture
School: College of Arts & Sciences



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